CONTEXT Agricultural intensification contributes to global food security and well-being by
supplying the food demand of a growing human population. However, ongoing land-use …

Despite their importance both in soil functioning and as soil indicators, the response of
microarthropods to various land uses is still unclear. The aim of this study is to assess the …

An increasing number of empirical studies are challenging the central fundamentals on
which the classical soil food web model is built. This model assumes that bacteria consume …

Climate change and land use intensification are the two most common global change
drivers of biodiversity loss. Like other organisms, the soil meso-fauna are expected to modify …

Motivation and aim Soil biodiversity is central to ecosystem function and services. It
represents most of terrestrial biodiversity and at least a quarter of all biodiversity on Earth …

In the wider context of heathland restoration, we investigated how field scale experimental
acidification with sulphur (sulfur) affected soil biodiversity, fertility and function over a period …

Nematodes are numerous in soils and play a crucial role in soil food-webs. DNA
metabarcoding offers a time-effective alternative to morphology-based assessments of …

This study consists of an ecotoxicological assessment related to one the most important
environmental Brazilian disasters: the failure of an iron mining dam of the Vale SA in …

Tillage is known for its adverse effects on soil biota, at least in arable agroecosystems.
However, in vineyards effects might differ as tillage is often performed during dry periods or …

Restoration of nutrient-enriched heathlands and similar dry habitats via topsoil removal
requires the re-assembly of above and belowground communities to attain fully functional …